Monday, December 2, 2013

SCOTUS Rules Against Liberty University Challenge to Affordable Care Act

SCOTUS Rules Against Liberty University Challenge to Affordable Care Act

On
Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear another challenge to
the Affordable Care Act. The court rejected a suit filed by Liberty
University, a Christian college in Virginia, which had raised various
objections to the law, including to the key provision that requires
individuals to obtain health insurance, Reuters reports.
The Christian college was founded by evangelist Jerry Falwell.

TPM reports,
“The justices’ decision upholds the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’
May ruling in the case, which dismissed as invalid Liberty’s argument
that the law violated the Constitution in requiring employers to offer
health insurance.”
The court agreed last week to hear two new cases — including Hobby Lobby
— in which employers have made religious objections to regulations
under Obamacare that require employers to provide health insurance that
includes contraception for women. That case will be heard this term and
decided by the end of June.